Gold weight
For centuries, merchants used these copper alloy weights as a standard for weighing gold dust when trading. The weights were made using the ‘lost wax technique’. While the weight of the objects were standardised, their shape varied. Some weights were cast with decorative geometric patterns.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 68/1994/110
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Currency
- Collection Area Region
- W
- Material
- copper alloy (cast)
- Common Name
- gold weight
- Simple Name
- weight
- Production County
- South Ghana
- Production Country
- Ghana
- Production Year Low
- 1400
- Production Year High
- 1900
